Non-telescoping car.



` Patented Nov. 25, i902@ 3 Sheets-#Sheet i3.

@sul l l mwl j I l G4'. E; nlcKsoN. Non TELEscoPma cAn w 'NiTiD STATESGEORGE E. DICKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN OR OF `ONE-FOURTH TOCHARLES H. BURRAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

.NoN-TELEsooPING CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters ratent No. 714,640, datedNovember a5, 1902.

Appnason nea April 1o, 1901. serial No. 55,176. (No man.)

have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Non TelescopingCars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tol railway-cars, and particularly topassenger-coaches; and the obro ject of my invention is to provide meansthat will prevent the 'telescoping of such coaches when brought togetherwith great force, as in the case of a collision. When a railwaycollision occurs, the tendency is for the cars to continuetheir movementin a straightline, with the result that the cars either mount one uponthe other or are telescoped. A

The particular object of my invention is to improve the construction ofrailroad-cars to the end that when the same are brought forciblytogether they will glance one upon the other and will be laterallydisplaced, so that while the cars Will be derailed they will not betelescoped or crushed together, and the danger of fatalities among theoccupants will be largely averted.

My invention consists, primarily, in a railway-car the ends of whichhave an angular or curved form, whereby two cars that are placed end toend will tend to overlap and glide by one another if the cars are forcedsuddenly together; and my invention further consists in a novel framingfor cars or coaches, whereby the same are provided with eX- tremelystrong angular or deflecting ends capable of withstanding theimpact ofanother car, and, further, my invention consists in particularconstructions and in combinations of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed, and par- 4o ticularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of the ends oi' two carsembodying-,my invention, the same being shown partly broken away tobetter illustrate the frame structure. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thecars, showing the frames 5o as they appear when the car-roofs are-reoneof the frame or deflecting rails.

moved. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section substantially on theline Y Y of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is an enlarged plan detail of thepoint of a car-frame. VFig. 5 is a side view taken from Fig. 4.. Fig. 6is a detail of illustrates a modification of my invention. Fig. 8 is aplan view of a railway-car embodying my invention. Fig. 9 is a similarview illustrating a modilied form of the cars. Fig.V 10 is a detail viewshowing the operation of the deiiecting-rails upon two cars.

As shown in the-drawings, my invention pertains particularly to thesides and ends of the car. The car-sills 2, the tloor 3, the roof 4, andthe main body 5 of the car are of the ordinary construction. At the endsof the car, however, the usual form is altered and the ends of the carare made pointed. When two cars of such construction are placed end toend, the adjacent `points thereof will be upon opposite sides of thelongitudinal center of the cars, and it' the cars are suddenly forcedtogether, as in a collision, the pointed ends will strike together andwill glance laterally and will not penetrate. The result will be thatthe cars will be thrown sidewise from the track and will lie side byside instead of being telescoped. The shock of the sudden lateraldisplacement of a car while` severe will not be as dangeous to the livesof the occupants and the car will not be destroyed.

When my invention is applied to old coaches, the pointed frames 5 willbe built into the ends of the coaches, the corners 6 of the 'coachesextending beyond the pointed frames. In this case when a collisionoccurs the corners of the coaches will be shorn oft', but the cars willnot be otherwise seriously damaged. In building new cars the externalappearance of the car will possess the general appearance of the pointedframes, substantially as shown in Fig. 9, or in case'it is de sired tomake the cars symmetrical false portions 7 will be built opposite thelong curves or bevels 8 of the car end, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

l The end frames of the cars may be of any desired construction; but Iprefer to makethe IOO same in two main portions, one upon the carflooror in the plane of the car-sills and the other just below the car-roof.These frames are preferably made up of heavy curved rails or channels10, suitably braced and trussed, and the upper and lower frames areconnected by any desired number of uprights 11 in addition to theregular framework of the car. The points proper, 12, are connected byvvertical posts 13, and the points of opposite cars overlap or areoffset far enough so that these posts 13 occupy positions upon oppositesides of the gangway between the cars. In practice these posts 13 willbe built into and form part of the vestibule structure. These postsprevent the entrance of one pointed frame structure into the oppositeframe of the car, and I consider them essential to my invention. .Theseposts and the points l2 of the frames preferably extend out to the endsof the lcar-platforms 14, but need not extend beyoud the same andtherefore will not interfere with the coupling of a coach of theordinary construction. When the body of the car is made to conform tothe shape of the offset ends, I prefer to connect the cars by narrowplatforms and vestibules 15 and provide steps 16 on one side only ofeach car end,

the steps of the same car being upon opposite sides thereof, asillustrated in Fig. 9. In case of a collision the platforms and thesteps would be carried away-that is, they would be shorn off by theoverlapping or offset ends of the car when the same are broughttogether.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a modified construction, wherein thevestibules at the ends of the `car are wider, steps being provided uponeach side of the car and the entrances being through the curved walls orends of the vestibule portions of the car, one wall thereof being formedby the false work 7, which in case of a collision is adapted to bedisplaced to allowl a glancing blow between the ends of adjacent cars. Iprefer that the false work 'Tand the steps beneath the same shall beapplied to the car structure in such a way that they will be severedtherefrom when the cars strike together.

In case of a collision and when the pointed overlapping or opposite endsof the cars are brought together there is some danger of one car liftingwith respect to the other, in which case the curved rails might not bebrought together and the cars might be seriously injured, with danger tothe occupants. I prefer, therefore, to provide the curved frames orrails with outwardly-projecting [ianges 17, the external appearance ofsaid frames being that of channel-bars. Now when two cars `abutandglance upon one another the ianges of the opposing channeled frames ofthe two cars will catch or mesh into one another, as illustrated in Fig.10, and serving as guides for one anotherwill hold the two .coaches inproper vertical relation, so that one car may pass `alon g the side ofthe other. In this manner the sides of the car are eectually protectedfrom damage and all possibility of the crushing of one car into theother is avoided.

My invention is capable of application to two old coaches in somewhatsimpler form, as illustrated in Fig. 7, wherein they offset deiiectingends 19 are shown as structures depending from the car platforms andends. In case of acollision these deecting-points will quite eectuallyprevent the telescoping of the coaches.

It is obvious that my invention is not conned to any particular framestructure for the cars and that it admits of various modiiications andamplification's that will readily suggest themselves to one skilled inthe art, and I therefore do not confine my invention to the specicconstructions herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A railroad-car having oppositely-offset pointedends having upright point-posts 13, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

A2. A railroad-car having oppositely angled or beveled ends and sidesand the upright .point posts therein, substantially as described.

3. A railroad-car having in its frame structure offset pointed frames orrails connected at the ends of the car by posts 13, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

4. A railroad-car including in its upper and lower structure metalframes pointed and joined at the ends and oppositely oset from thelongitudinalcenter of the car, substantially as described.

5. A railroad-car including in its structure metal frames pointed at theends and oppositely offset from the longitudinal center of the car, andthe end posts 13 connecting the upper and lower frames, substantially asdescribed.

6. A railroad-car provided with oppositelyoffset pointed ends havingpoint-posts and vestibules built into said ends, substantially asdescribed.

7. A railroad-car provided with oppositelyoffset pointed ends providedwith upright posts 13 and vestibules built into said ends, and steps forentering said vestibules, substantially as described.

S. Two railroad-cars each provided with offset pointed ends defined byupper and lower metal frames, posts 13 connecting said upper and lowerframes, and the posts 13 of the cars being suiiciently separated to forma passage betweenthe cars, substantially as described.

9. Two railroad-cars each provided with offset pointed ends defined byupper and lower metal frames, posts 13 connecting said upper and lowerframes, and the posts 13 of the cars being sufficiently separated toform a passage between the cars, and vestibules built upon the ends ofsaid cars and including said posts 13, substantially as described.

l0., A railroad-car having upper and lower IOO IIO

pointed frames provided With exterior channels, said upper and lowerframes being connected by posts, substantially as described. 11.Arailroad-car provided With offset ends and having outwardly-flangedframes, substantially as described.

l2. A railroad-car having a frame pointed at its ends, the pointsthereof being offset from the longitudinal center of the car, and

the false Work applied to the oset ends and 1o adapted to be displacedwhen a heavy blow f is struck thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of March,1901.

GEORGE E. DIGKSON. Witnesses:

HENRY ADES FOWLER, B. B. THORNE.

